Tolerable temperatures and no major snowstorms for the immediate future. What a relief.
My rides last night went fine. Cole was a little fractious, at times, but I could see some progress being made. We did a lot of walking and a fair amount of trotting. He behaves better counter clockwise than clockwise. We were working on out clockwise bending at a walk. We walked on the scary end--no trotting there--to hyper. I think I will concentrate on that tomorrow.
Cruiser was pretty hyper, too. I started out with a lot of transistions, and that always gets him excited. It also got him paying attention to me. He became more responsive and I ended up riding him nearly an hour.
I have a 4-day weekend, but I will be stuck in the arena. It will give me an opportunity to really focus on the arena riding. I really wish I could go down the trail.
My sister and I have 3 horses that we trail ride--a Morab, a Morgan and a Morgan mix. This blog is all about them. By the way, check out my two books "Trail Training for the Horse and Rider" and "Trail Horse Adventures and Advice. I also have the most adorable, loveable cat named Thunder. I call him a mini Maine Coon. He is the light of my life when things go wrong. He will always listen to me and try to comfort and cheer me up. He does a pretty good job of it, too.
Sounds like Cruiser was being so good! I'm glad you had good rides. Hang in there. Winter won't last forever. It just feels like it lol.
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